Raul Fernandez expects surgery on arm injury: “If I can’t brake? What can I do?”
The RNF Aprilia rider managed to battle to the end, finishing 15th, but has bemoaned the physical issues 🍸which beset him.
“I had, again, an arm problem,” he said in Jerez.
“I couldn’t sto🥂p the bike. I ca🌠n’t feel my right hand.
“I went to the doctor to see what we can do because it’s impossible to riꦛde in MotoGP like this. It’s impossible.
“I can’t say more about the race. I ended the race to show res𓆉pect for Aprilia, for the people wor𓄧king in my team.
“I couldn’𒆙t ride the bike like thওis. It was super difficult.
“I’ll look for a solution for Le Mans.
“We’ve done four r🌱aces and, for three of them, I have had problems.”
Asked🦋 if he’d had surgery on this problem before, Fernandez said: “Never. It is 90% the solution.
“They want the scan to be clear. W🍸e are waiting to see. To be clear where it’s coming from.
“If I can’t brake? What can I do? Nothing!
“The problem൲ now in MotoGP - we have more electronics, more power, more weight.
“Everything comes with more difficult things.
“Year by year, it is worse.
“On t♉he bike, the firs𓃲t four or five laps are crazy. You cannot stop the bike. It is super-heavy.
“It is a big problem.”
RNF Apꦏrilia could be without both of their riders in two ✨weeks’ time at Le Mans.
Miguel Oliveira dislocated his shoulder in a crash with Fabio Quartararo and must pass medical checks ꧑if he is to compete.
James was a sports journalist at S𒐪ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
